Guitar Gear Forum

HELSTRUME wrote:We had two back to back hurricans and a ice storm so far. My yard has been nothing but trees. I just got up the last one. I have woods behind my house, and of course all the trees have to fall into my yard I went to GC and played some guitars. Man I love the ESP EC1000. Love that red/black color. But don't want to pay 900 bucks lol. Will look for used. I think I want it or the Schecter Banshee.

I love my Banshee FR P. I also got a Schecter CR-6 recently that is awesome, and plan on getting a Reaper next year when they come out. The Schecter necks are great if you like thin, round, and narrow necks.

Thin round and narrow are the best necks Drum city still has new leftys of the Banshee for 600. They have the emgs. I might just get it.

I was looking at the Schecter Reapers, and they are pretty dank. I need to try one of them also.

HELSTRUME wrote:I was looking at the Schecter Reapers, and they are pretty dank. I need to try one of them also.

They don't come out until January or February. I plan on getting one when they are available. It will go well with my CR-6.

Yea, I was checking out the 2019 line up for Schecter. They have some nice stuff coming out.

I have to admit Schecter is coming up with some killer guitars these days.

I'm just amazed at how many Leftys they make

I am glad Schecter is starting to make more models that are not the same arch top, TOM bridge guitars. I am not a fan of those, but love their other models that use their Banshee style body.

I just wish Schecter and ESP would thin out the finish on the guitars of theirs I like. TBH, I have flipped the last two I acquired. The MH1000 I got was lifeless. Would have been the perfect studio guitar with EMGs in it. The MH327 I got used was a bit better, but I just gifted it to a kid that didn't have a guitar for Christmas.

I love the natural wood look myself. But the lefty ones always have a floating trem.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk-uoSEWmw8[/youtube]

Namm looks to have a few new things that might be good.

https://www.musicradar.com/news/namm-20 ... rich-ge300

Man it has rained all fall and winter so far. But we get nothing spring and summer. Whats up with that? As for amps, I love the EVH 5150 lll. The demos of both the 50 watt EL34 and 6L6 sound great. I want to compare both side by side. I loved that Stealth head, but its more then I wanna pay lol. But i'll swing it for the 50 watt head and 4x12. We'll see what happens.

Man its spring already. I actually laid out today! Crazy.

HELSTRUME wrote:Man it has rained all fall and winter so far. But we get nothing spring and summer. Whats up with that? As for amps, I love the EVH 5150 lll. The demos of both the 50 watt EL34 and 6L6 sound great. I want to compare both side by side. I loved that Stealth head, but its more then I wanna pay lol. But i'll swing it for the 50 watt head and 4x12. We'll see what happens.

It was like -20 here last week, and then 50 3 days later. Crazy weather that is all over the place.

I really want a 5150 III 50W. I think I would like one. I wish I could find one in stock to check out.

I got distracted though and bought a Jet City JCA1000HDM this week though, lol. I have been curious about them for years.

I was going to get a Jet City at one time, but never found one to demo first.

I'm suprised you still buy amps after getting the Axe fx.

HELSTRUME wrote:I was going to get a Jet City at one time, but never found one to demo first.

Yeah, I never have been either, but was curious enough. The JCA100 is basically a cheap copy of the Soldano HR+, so you can find many videos of that.

I have been playing with it a lot tonight, changing tubes, etc.... You would probably love it because it is a super bright amp, lol. I have been keeping the treble on like 3. It sounds pretty similar to this with the mids and treble really low. They used a HR+ for this album.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KHwuOtcALQ[/youtube]

HELSTRUME wrote:I'm suprised you still buy amps after getting the Axe fx.

Honestly, I think this is the first tube amp I have bought in probably 10 years. I thought it would be fun to just have something simple. Something with just a few knobs that sounds good, that is a simple enough circuit I could maybe have some fun modding also. The Axe-FX II is amazing, but sometimes it is fun to just play with something that is simple, and less "perfect" sounding where you haven't tweaked 6 different EQs to make it sound how you want it.

Man I still havn't bought anything guys lol. I just don't want to buy something i'll turn around and sell. I want to like it for a while. I bought way too much gear during my HC days. So what have you guys gotten lately?

HELSTRUME wrote:Man I still havn't bought anything guys lol. I just don't want to buy something i'll turn around and sell. I want to like it for a while. I bought way too much gear during my HC days. So what have you guys gotten lately?

I got the JCA100HDM a few months ago, but that is it.

The more interesting thing, is I decided to clean and reorganize my basement, and I moved some of my gear down in the basement. All my 100W+ tube heads went to the basement as they were killing my ears in my small office room. I can get it a little louder down there, and get further away from the cab.

I left my solid state, modelers, etc... in my office room.

Really what I have now, is all I need. I just play every once and a while when i'm bored. Thats why i'm thinking the Boss Katana. It sounds good, and they keep doing upgrades. Maybe i'm just in a slump. Maybe drugs and alcohol is the answer

So Scott, did you ever get the Schecter Reaper? I haven't seen one in person yet.

Count me amongst the ranks. I'm currently cleaning up a VH140C for a friend and bought myself a Crate GX130C for $150.

Those Crates sound really cool.